# DeviceConnect: Salt Generation

Salt is generated at the client side for Authentication

# Calculate salt

Salt is calculated as follows:

  1. A = Create MD5 hash of CUSTOMER_ID
  2. B = Concatenate string of A and SERVER_HASH shared by FinBox.
  3. C = Create an SHA-256 hash of B
  4. Salt = base64 encoded version of C

Sample code for salt generation in different languages:

  • Python
  • Go
  • Java
  • C#
  • PHP
  • Ruby
  • JavaScript
import hashlib, base64

def create_salt(customer_id, server_hash):
    """
    Takes customer_id (unique identifier of customer)
    and server_hash (shared by FinBox) as input
    and returns salt in response
    """
    customer_hash = hashlib.md5(customer_id.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest().upper()
    intermediate_hash = customer_hash + server_hash
    salt_encoded = hashlib.sha256(intermediate_hash.encode('utf-8')).digest()
    salt = base64.b64encode(salt_encoded).decode()
    return salt

# Debug Salt Generation

You can cross check each individual step of your salt generation logic by using the following parameters

customer_id = 82169C6312B50CA8233482169F9F288F812B5C02114A6A74E9A62
server_hash = 5f8cd80c69a34b9785dc66298eabe95b

Step A Result - Hexdigest of MD5Hash

7B85689C14D32209779241F14A09C29B

Step B Result - Intermediate Hash

7B85689C14D32209779241F14A09C29B5f8cd80c69a34b9785dc66298eabe95b

Step C Result - Hexdigest Version

2a2e163b66dbcd838bd6d122e17038e90f2ba5c0b6ca295364c84e19746ca8e4

Note: The result for Step C shared above is generated by doing a hexdigest rather than a digest. It is shared for comparison purposes only. In the actual code you must use digest rather than haxdigest for Step 3.

Final Result - Salt

Ki4WO2bbzYOL1tEi4XA46Q8rpcC2yilTZMhOGXRsqOQ=

Last Updated: 7/29/2024, 12:04:34 PM